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LIFE STORY WORK: ENABLING CHILDREN TO MAKE SENSE OF THEIR LIVES

This course covers child development and the creation of narrative and enabling traumatised children to form a strong and positive personal narrative.

Content and Structure

Session one: Child development and the creation of narrative

Personal narrative: how we explain ourselves to ourselves
The seven steps of attachment and the creation of narrative
Life story and the seven dimensions of child development
Informal and formal life story work

Session two: Enabling traumatised children to form a strong and positive personal narrative

Working directly with children day by day to enhance their life narrative
Using the review system to encourage and enable formal life story work
Linking informal and formal life story work
Teamwork: working together to build the life story

Summary and conclusion

Implications for practice
Evaluation

Learning Outcomes

This course will enable you:

To understand the creation of personal narrative throughout the seven steps of infant attachment
To link life story work to the seven dimensions of child development
To recognise the importance of both informal and formal life story work
To think about strategies to enable traumatised children to form a strong and positive personal narrative

Key Features

The price includes provision of training packs consisting of:

Course outlines
Handouts
Evaluation sheets
Attendance certificates

Booking Information

If you have any questions or would like to request details by post, please complete our Enquiry Form or call 01453 541860.

"Akamas has delivered training in a professional manner which has been well planned and positively received by staff. I would be happy to recommend their training to other organisations."

Pritpal Sodhi - Training and Development Manager (Fostering and Adoption), Kent County Council

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